Year: 2009
Runtime: 143 mins
Language: Tamil
Director: Selva
Guru (Madhavan) dreams of launching his own company and works for the charismatic entrepreneur Krishna (Abbas), whose playboy ways threaten his happy marriage. When Krishna falls for model Seema (Mamta Mohandoss), Guru also courts her, hoping to win Krishna’s favor. Learning Krishna is pursuing Seema, Guru sacrifices his romance to secure his business ambitions, only to realize he truly loves her. He must choose between ambition and love in the film’s climax.
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Guru is the ambitious assistant of his playboy boss Krishna, the charismatic CEO who helms a sprawling empire. Krishna is adored for his business success and magnetic presence, but his personal life is built on a web of secrets: he is married to Sheila, a beautiful woman, yet conducts numerous affairs and relies on Guru to preserve the illusion of a devoted husband. The arrangement keeps Krishna’s image pristine even as his private indiscretions swirl around him.
Guru is promised a higher place in Krishna’s company, a reward that would lock in a life of wealth. That promise pulls him into a tense dynamic with Seema, a striking woman he first meets after a road traffic incident. The two spar, then strike a wary friendship, each hoping the alliance will bring advantage: Guru toward advancement, Seema toward a future she imagines by Krishna’s side. Amid this, the cunning Azhagappan surfaces as a fraudulent Yoga master who peddles money under the banner of enlightenment, a subplot that colors the ever-shifting loyalties around Krishna’s world.
As Seema catches Krishna’s eye after a fashion show, Krishna eagerly presses Guru to arrange more opportunities for their meetings. Guru, now torn, discovers that he himself is falling for Seema, a conflict that adds a tremor to his calculations about status and power. Seema is soon recognized for her modeling talent, and Krishna awards her a prominent modeling contract for Lux soaps. The shoot becomes a crucible: Seema senses Krishna’s polished courtesy and starts to question whether his affection is genuine or simply a cultivated facade. She even confesses she loves Krishna and hints at proposing, a gesture that excites Krishna and unsettles Guru.
Krishna’s appetite for control soon pulls him into more audacious schemes. On a business anniversary, he wants Guru to stage appearances that reinforce his image, while he himself pursues honest-to-goodness romance with Seema. To complicate matters, a dinner plan is hatched where Krishna hopes to spend a private evening with Seema, but the plan collides with Sheila’s presence, forcing a dramatic misrepresentation: Krishna pretends that Seema is Guru’s fiancée, a lie that fractures Seema’s trust and sets off a chain of misunderstandings that drag Guru into a precarious moral maelstrom. Yet, Krishna’s appetite for control does not wane, and Guru reluctantly agrees to bring Seema into Krishna’s orbit again, a step that she at first resists but eventually considers.
Seema’s doubt about Krishna’s forgiveness grows, and Krishna intensifies his manipulation, claiming that his wife Elena’s supposed infidelity forced him to seek comfort elsewhere. A staged moment—someone hugging Sheila from behind at a shoot—appears sincere to Sheila and feeds Seema’s confusion, though she ultimately forgives Krishna. Seema slides into Krishna’s orbit as his mistress, while Guru fights to protect Seema from the corrosive influence of Krishna’s games, trying to prevent every opportunity Krishna uses to rendezvous with her. Jealousy swirls as Krishna schemes to take Seema abroad for an ad campaign, hoping distance will help him regain control of her affections.
The intrigue widens when Guru, seeking to shield Seema, discloses Krishna’s pattern of deception to Azhagappan, which in turn catches the attention of Gopal, Sheila’s uncle. Gopal, a bachelor who longs for his dream partner, is drawn into the web when he is introduced to Lassi Latha—the disguise Azhagappan uses to masquerade as an aunt at one point in the plot. Gopal’s attraction to the disguise shocks everyone, especially when he discovers Lassi Latha is really Azhagappan, and that he has become entangled with Suguna’s lover. The tension peaks as Sheila herself arrives at the shoot location, forcing Krishna to improvise. To cover his tracks, Krishna spikes Seema’s drink, a plan that backfires and ends up deepening Seema’s bond with Guru as the realization dawns that money cannot buy the genuine connection she begins to feel.
Back in Chennai, Guru’s devotion to Seema clings to the truth that his love is stronger than the lure of wealth. Krishna’s plan to elevate Guru to a top position in a company explodes in his face when Seema confronts him about the real nature of his generosity and the emptiness behind his charm. The moment of reckoning comes when Seema learns the harsh truth about Krishna’s schemes and acknowledges that her attraction to him was largely driven by his money rather than his character. She also recognizes Guru’s steadfast loyalty and the sincerity of his feelings.
In a decisive turn, Guru travels to Kerala, where he intervenes to rescue Seema from the entangled traps Krishna laid. Seema admits her love for Guru, and the pair find a path forward together, leaving Krishna to confront the consequences of his manipulations. The fallout is stark: Krishna discharges Guru from the company, severing the professional tie that once bound them. Krishna even asks Seema if she knows someone else she might marry, revealing the hollowness of his own pursuit of power and romance.
Ultimately, Seema and Guru choose each other, discovering that true love endures beyond money and status. The tale closes on a note of emotional clarity: their bond deepens as they move forward together, proving that affection and trust can outlast the glittering lure of wealth, and that the most meaningful relationships are built on genuine care rather than calculated advantage.
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